History of MusicLaajuus (5 ECTS)

Objective

The student gains more profound knowledge of the periods of Western art music, the crucial composers and the major lines of style changes from antiquity to late Romanticism. He/she learns to analyse music from different periods on the basis of the sound picture and by studying written materials.

Content

The periods of Western art music: antiquity, the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism.